SA's trade deficit widens to R6.9bn

Business News / 29 August 2014, 2:18pm

Reuters

Filomena Scalise

Johannesburg - South Africa's trade deficit widened more than expected to 6.88 billion rand in July, from a 190 million rand shortfall in June, data from the South African Revenue Service showed on Friday.

Economists had expected a 3.2 billion rand gap, but the number is volatile and hard to forecast.